The Formation and Development of Jiang Zemin's International Strategic Thought

The international strategic thought developed by Jiang Zemin refers to the overall and long-term program and strategy in the field of foreign relations in the 13 years from the Fourth Plenary Session of the Thirteenth Central Committee to the Sixteenth National Congress by the CPC Central Committee with Jiang Zemin at the core. Its formation and development is a historical process which indudes elementary formation, incessant perfection and the final formation to maturation. Its development can be divided into three stages., germination, formation and maturation.